above one's paygrade
Not suitable for one in one's current rank in an organizationNot suitable for one in one's current rank in an organization; suitable for someone more senior, implying that one is not competent enough or not paid well enough to deal with the problem.
» What you're asking me to do is well above my paygrade.
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1 sensesNot suitable for one in one's current rank in an organization; suitable for someone more senior, implying that one is not competent enough or not paid well enough to deal with the problem.
Examples
2 sentencesWhat you're asking me to do is well above my paygrade.
I don't know what happened. It's way above my paygrade.
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.